Electricity generation, transmission and distribution was up 2.1 percent in August over July, according to Vietnam’s Industrial Production Index. Year-on-year, in August, electricity production reached 8.9 percent in line with a continued rapid expansion of Vietnam’s economy.
Of note, the bulk of that power has come from burning coal with hydropower plants being used as back up in order to avoid the power outages that plagued the northern provinces last year. Coal production in Vietnam, however, has fallen this year by about 12.3 percent. Consequently, there has been a spike in coal imports this year of 32.7 percent by value and 16 percent by volume.
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